California State University, East Bay



Nolan Higdon

2190 BLACKROCK PLACE ( MARTINEZ, CA 94553 ( (925) 408-5716 ( NOLANHIGDON620@

Education & Degrees

SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY — SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Doctorate of Education concentrated in critical news literacy, 2017

San Diego State University — San Diego, CA

Master of Arts in History concentrated in U.S. History and Latin America Studies, 2012

University OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS — Davis, CA

Bachelor of Arts in History Education concentrated in U.S. race relations, 2009

Employment History

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, EAST BAY — HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA LECTURER, 2014 – PRESENT

Diablo Valley College — PLEASANT HILL, CALIFORNIA Adjunct Faculty, 2012 - Present

Holy Names University Lecturer, 2018

University of San Francisco Lecturer, 2017-2019

California State University, Maritime — Vallejo, California Lecturer, 2015 – 2017

Teaching Experience

← WINTER 2019

← Communication 305 Qualitative Methods CSU East Bay 4 units

← History 382 California and The World CSU East Bay 3 units

Fall 2019

← Communication 203 Communication Theory CSU East Bay 4 units

← Communication 326 Social Media Social Change CSU East Bay 4 units

← Communication 461 Popular Culture CSU East Bay 4 units

← Teacher Education 697 Issues in Teacher Ed. CSU East Bay 1 unit

← History 111 U.S. Post-Reconstruction CSU East Bay 3 units

← History 122 Critical Thinking in History Diablo Valley College 3 units

← Social Science 123 American Popular Culture Diablo Valley College 3 units

← Teaching Academy Intro to Critical Media Literacy Diablo Valley College 3 units

Summer 2019

← Communication 495 Journalism Practicum CSU East Bay 6 units

← History 382 California and The World CSU East Bay 3 units

Spring 2019

← Communication 203 Communication Theory CSU East Bay 4 units

← Communication 488 Conflict Management CSU East Bay 4 units

← History 488 Democracy and Education CSU East Bay 3 units

← Media Studies 203 Media and Cultural Industries USF 4 units

← History 122 Critical Thinking in History Diablo Valley College 3 units

← Social Science 123 American Popular Culture Diablo Valley College 3 units

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Publications

BOOKS

o The Anatomy of Fake News: Critical News Literacy Education, University of California Press, 2020.

o United States of Distraction Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It). City Lights Publishing, 2019.

Electronic Articles

o "The Bernie Blackout Is Real, and These Screenshots Prove It," co-authored with Mickey Huff, Truthout, January 30, 2020.

o "As Democracy Crumbles, Silence Speaks Volumes," co-authored with Mickey Huff, Counter Punch, January 10, 2020.

o “Scandalgate: Weapon of Mass Distraction,” co-authored with Mickey Huff, Project Censored, November 25, 2019

o “Follow The Youth Left: Dissecting The Corporate News Media’s “Moderate Electability” Farce,” co-authored with Mickey Huff, Demcast, September 23, 2019

o “Has Media Literacy Been Hijacked?,” co-authored with Ben Boyington, Project Censored, March 19, 2019

o “The Global Critical Media Literacy Educator’s Resource Guide,” co-editor, 2015

15 “Disinfo Wars: Alex Jones War on Your Mind,” Project Censored, 2013

Articles

o “What is Fake News?: A Foundational Question for Developing Effective Critical News Literacy Education.” Democratic Communiqué, Vol. 29, No. 1, January 2020.

o "Rallying Over Balloting: The Origins of Millennial Activism." Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis 8, no. 1 (2019): 3.

Book Chapters

o “The New American Authoritarianism: How the Corporate Media Normalized Racism in 2016,” co-author with Nicholas Baham, Censored 2018. Huff, Mickey, and Andy Lee Roth, eds. New York, NY: Seven Stories Press, 2017.

o “Post-Truth Dystopia: Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Russian Hackers,” Huff, Mickey, and Andy Lee Roth, eds. Censored 2018. New York, NY: Seven Stories Press, 2017.

o “Millennial DeMockracy: The Corporate Media’s War on Social Justice,” The Global Critical Media Literacy Project, , 2016.

o “Junk Elections and The Façade of Democracy: The Corporate Media’s 2016 War on Social Justice,” Huff, Mickey, and Andy Lee Roth, eds. Censored 2017: Fortieth Anniversary Edition. New York, NY: Seven Stories Press, 2016.

o “A Vision for Transformative Civic Engagement: The Global Critical Media Literacy Project,” Huff, Mickey, and Andy Lee Roth, eds. Censored 2016: The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2014-15. New York, NY: Seven Stories Press, 2015.

o “A Vast Wasteland: The Ongoing Reign of Junk Food News and News Abuse,” Huff, Mickey, and Andy Lee Roth, eds. Censored 2016: The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2014-15. New York, NY: Seven Stories Press, 2015.

16 “Ukraine: Another Step in Capitalism’s Global Dominance Strategies and Power Inside the Transnational Global Corporate Class and US-NATO Global Empire,” Stephen Lendman, ed., Flashpoint In Ukraine: How The US Drive For Hegemony Risks World War III.” Clarity Press, 2014.

17 “Mea Culpa, Mi Amore: Sorry for all the Junk Food News and News Abuse,” Huff, M. and Roth, A.L. eds., Censored 2015: Inspiring We the People; The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2013-2014. Seven Stories Press, 2014.

18 “Can’t Touch This: Junk Food and News Abuse” Huff, M. and Roth, A.L. eds., Censored 2014: Fearless Speech in Fateful Times; The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2012-13. New York, NY: Seven Stories Press, 2013.

Screenplay

o “United States of Distraction: Fighting The Fake News Invasion,” Screenplay co-writer and expert, Media Freedom Foundation, 2019

Dissertation

o “Effective Critical Media Literacy Pedagogy in Higher Education: Turning Social Justice Theory into Practice,” doctoral dissertation, San Francisco State University, 2017

Thesis

19 "The Politics of Desertion," master’s thesis, San Diego State University, 2012.

Graduate Committee

COMMITTEE CHAIR:

Reina Robinson Master of Arts, Communication 2018

Reader:

Brooks Moyer Master of Arts, History 2019

Melanie Sharp Master of Arts, Communication 2019

Andrea Cervantes Master of Arts, Communication 2018

Editorial Experience

JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND SOCIETY REVIEWER 2019

Journal of Media Literacy Reviewer 2018

Education

International Journal of Editorial Board 2018

Critical Media Literacy

Secrecy and Society Journal Editorial Board 2018-Present

Related Experience

DEMCAST ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER 2019-PRESENT

Pioneer Newspaper Faculty Newspaper Advisor 2017-Present

The 2016 Media Freedom Summit Main Summit Organizer 2016

The Role of Critical Media Literacy in Flex Workshop Leader 2016

Social Justice Education

Muslim Student Alliance Club Faculty Adviser 2016

Media Literacy and Digital Culture Graduate National Adviser 2016-2017

Program, Sacred Heart University

Project Censored Show Radio Host 2014-2018

Diversity and Social Justice Pedagogy Faculty Learning Community 2015-2016

Social Justice Associate Arts Transfer Degree Curriculum and Program Design 2015-2017

Student Learning Outcomes Evaluation Evaluator 2013-2015

History Department Program Review Co-Reviewer 2014

Umoja Program Faculty Mentor 2014-2016

Project Censored Student Club Faculty Adviser 2012-2015

History and Conflict Program Co-Designer 2013

Law and Society Student Club Faculty Adviser 2013

Academic Affiliations

UNION FOR DEMOCRATIC COMMUNICATIONS STEERING COMMITTEE 2016-2020

Northwest Alliance for Alternative Board Member 2016-Present Media and Education

Global Critical Media Literacy Project Co-Founder/Coordinator 2014-2016

Media Freedom Foundation Board Member 2014-Present

ACME: Action Coalition for Media Education Secretary & Board Member 2014-Present

Project Censored Critical Media Literacy Officer 2012-Present

Keynote Speaker

“FIGHTING FAKE NEWS: PROJECT CENSORED, EDUCATION, AND SOLUTIONS FOR THE DIGITAL AGE,” ASSOCIATION OF ALTERNATIVE NEWS MEDIA, SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA, 2018.

“Fighting Fake News: Project Censored, Education, and Solutions for The Digital Age,” Union for Democratic Communications, Chicago, IL, 2018.

“Critical Media Literacy and Social Justice Pedagogy in Post-Truth America,” American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Conference, Vallejo, CA, 2017.

Grants and Certificates

← TRAVEL FUND RECIPIENT, SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, 2017

← Quality of Teaching and Learning (QOLT) Certification for Online and Hybrid Courses, California State University East Bay, 2016

← Online & Hybrid Course Quality Transformation Grant recipient, California State University East Bay, 2016

← Faculty Development Fund Recipient, California State University Maritime Academy, 2016

← Quarter To Semester Course Conversion Grant Recipient, California State University East Bay, 2015

← Faculty Development Fund Recipient, Diablo Valley College, 2015

Conference Panelist

“UNITED STATES OF DISTRACTION,” UNION FOR DEMOCRATIC COMMUNICATION, HAYWARD, CA, 2019.

“Critical Versus Acritical Media Literacy Curriculum: The Ideological Debate Over Corporate Influence in The Classroom—,” Union for Democratic Communication, Hayward, CA, 2019.

“In Pod We Trust: The Podcaster Predicament (Decolonization and Digital Colonization),” Union for Democratic Communication, Hayward, CA, 2019.

“The Anatomy of Fake News,” Journalism Association of Community Colleges, Sacramento, CA, 2019.

“The Anatomy of Fake News,” International Critical Media Literacy Conference, Savannah, GA, 2019.

“Today’s Fake News is Tomorrow’s Fake History,” Howard Zinn Book Fair, San Francisco, CA, 2018.

“Fake-News”: The Trojan Horse for Silencing Alternative News and Reestablishing Corporate News Dominance,” Media Freedom Foundation Summit 2.0, Kentfield, CA, 2018.

“Fighting Fake News”, Third International Conference on Communication & Media Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2018.

“News and Media Censorship: Project Censored’s Top 25 Censored Stories,” Association of Alternative News Media, San Diego, CA, 2018.

“Fighting Fake News: Critical Media Literacy in Professional Development,” Union for Democratic Communications, Chicago, IL, 2018.

“Critical Media Literacy Pedagogy Across The Curriculum,” International Critical Media Literacy Conference, Savannah, GA, 2018.

“Effective Critical Media Literacy Pedagogy In Higher Education: Turning Social Justice Theory Into Practice,” Critical Media Literacy Conference, Savannah, GA, 2017.

“Power Dynamics And Problem Solving: Engaging Both To Explore Civic And Community Engagement,” Media Freedom Summit, Cotati, CA, 2016.

“Effective Critical Media Literacy Pedagogy: Turning Social Justice Theory into Practice,” Union for Democratic Communications Conference: Troubled Waters, Detroit, Michigan, 2016.

“A Teachable Moment: Social Justice Pedagogy in a Post-9/11 World,” 9/11 Film Festival, Oakland, CA, 2016

“What Can Community Colleges and Four-Year Institutions Teach Each Other About Social Justice?,” National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE), San Francisco, CA, 2016

“Social Justice Pedagogy in The Digital Age,” Action In Media Education Summit, Fairfield, CT, 2016

“Effective Critical Media Literacy Pedagogy in Higher Education,” Leadership in Equity, Achievement, and Praxis Colloquium, San Francisco State University, 2016

“Global Critical Media Literacy Project,” English Council Of California Two-Year Colleges Conference, San Jose, CA 2015

“Re-Inventing Media and Systems That Serve Communities and those who live and work there by Creating Systems that Empower Potential,” What’s Possible Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2015

“Media Education and News 2.0: Solutions for the Digital Generation,” Union for Democratic Communications: Circuits of Struggle Conference, University of Toronto, 2015

“An Expert Educational Panel on The Drug War,” Students for Sensible Drug Policy Club, University of California, Davis, CA, 2015

← “Muzzling Investigative Work,” Holding Power to Account Conference, University of Winnipeg, 2014

← “Screening and Q&A of Project Censored” Law and Disorder Conference, Portland State University, 2014

Media Appearances

PRINT

▪ Miguel Velazquez, "Adam Schiff, the "new enemy" of Donald Trump," Metro World News, January 10, 2019.

▪ Jared Davis, “Panel informs on ‘fake news’,” Experience, November 29, 2018,

▪ Carolina Diaz, “Bits & Bytes: The Cost of Free News,” Xpress Magazine, September 30, 2018.

▪ Miguel Velazquez, "Analyst: A US president who submits to the will of a Russian leader is unprecedented," Metro World News, July 17, 2018.

▪ Jill Tucker, Jenna Lyons, and Sophie Haigney, “Students walk out, embrace ‘fight of our lives’ to end school gun violence,” San Francisco Chronicle. March 14, 2018.

▪ Terelle Jerricks, “Junk Food News: 2017 will be remembered as the year of post-truths and alternative facts,” Salt Lake City Weekly, December 21, 2017.

▪ “Facebook drops ineffective ‘disputed articles’ tag in fight against fake news,” Russia Today, December 21, 2017, Terelle Jerricks, “FEATURE: Junk Food News,” Planet Jackson Hole, October 11, 2017.

▪ Greg Buckley, “History professor fights against news censorship,” Las Positas College Express, March 17, 2017.

▪ Jacob Weindling, “Facebook Launches a New "Disputed" Tag to Combat Fake News,” Paste Magazine, March 6, 2017.

▪ “Facebook begins ‘fake news’ crackdown with ‘disputed’ story tag roll out,” Russia Today, March 5, 2017.

▪ Jonah Engel Bromwich And Bonnie Wertheim, “Does Bigfoot Have a Soul? A Radio Host’s Audience Ponders,” New York Times, February 20, 2017.

▪ Andrew Ochieng, “Deny, Discredit and Discount: How the Powerful Muzzle Investigative Work,” International Anti-Corruption Conference, June 17, 2014.

▪ Lou Fancher, “Walnut Creek: ‘Project Censored’ leaders discuss work, new film,” The Mercury News, March 26, 2014.

Television

▪ Real News Network RNN International November,2019

▪ ABC News KGO San Francisco, CA September, 2019

▪ Univision Univision International August, 2018

▪ ABC News KGO San Francisco, CA August, 2018

▪ NBC News NBC Bay Area San Francisco, CA August, 2018

▪ ABC News KGO San Francisco, CA July, 2018

▪ KRON News KRON 4 San Francisco, CA July, 2017

▪ ABC News KGO San Francisco, CA Apr, 2018

▪ Fox News KTVU Oakland, CA Mar, 2018

▪ NBC News NBC Bay Area San Francisco, CA Jan, 2018

▪ NBC News NBC Bay Area San Francisco, CA Oct, 2017

▪ Fox News KTVU Oakland, CA Sept, 2017

▪ KRON News KRON 4 San Francisco, CA Aug, 2017

▪ NBC News NBC Bay Area San Francisco, CA Aug, 2017

▪ Populist Dialogues Cable Public Access Portland, Oregon Apr, 2014

Radio

▪ CBS Sunday Morning US March, 2018

▪ Brian Copeland Show San Francisco, CA Oct, 2017

▪ The World Stage US May, 2017

▪ Challenging the Rhetoric with Cheri Roberts Podcast Apr, 2016

▪ Out of This World Washington Mar, 2015

▪ Project Censored Show (Guest and Host) World-Wide 2014-Present

▪ KBOO Wednesday Oregon Apr, 2014

▪ Kevin Barratt’s Truth Jihad Radio US Nov, 2013

Film

▪ Project Censored The Movie Documentary 2012

Guest Lecturer and Workshops

WORKSHOPS

← “Fake News is Just the Beginning,” National Council of Teachers of English 2019

← “Media Literacy Workshop” Los Medanos College 2018

← “Fighting Fake News Workshop” Los Medanos College 2017

Guest Lecturer

← “Fighting Fake News and Censorship,” Peace and Justice Center 2018

← “Fighting Fake News for Social Justice” Napa Valley College 2018

← “Fighting Fake News for Social Justice” University of San Francisco 2018

← “Civic Media in The Age of ‘Fake News’” University of San Francisco 2017

← “Millennials and Social Justice” Sonoma State University 2016

← “The Global Critical Media Literacy Project” University of San Francisco 2016

← “Student Engagement & Activism in the Digital Age” University of San Francisco 2016

← “The Global Critical Media Literacy Project” State University of Worcester 2016

← “Social Justice in a Digital Age” University of Vermont, Burlington 2016

← “Project Censored and Service Learning” University of San Francisco 2016

← “Censorship in The Digital Age” Sonoma State University 2015

← “Critical Media Literacy and Project Censored” University of San Francisco 2015

← “Journalism in the 21st Century” Laney College 2014

References

▪ ALLISON BUTLER

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

(413) 545-4609

atbutler@comm.umass.edu

▪ Dr. Nicholas Baham III

California State University, East Bay

(510) 885-3256

nicholas.baham@csueastbay.edu

▪ Dr. Linda Ivey

California State University, East Bay

(510) 885-2166

linda.ivey@csueastbay.edu

▪ Mickey Huff

Diablo Valley College

925-969-2500

mhuff@dvc.edu

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